Following the rally, those who are interested in supporting an AZ business are invited to walk to Cold Stone Creamery and purchase a "scoop in support" of AZ (Cold Stone is headquartered in Scottsdale).

In Dupage we are Arizona! Counter-protest the Minutemen! Justice for Immigrant Workers and their Families!

Elements of the anti-immigrant Naperville "Tea Patriots" and Illinois Minutemen Project will be hosting a rally in Naperville on June 12. The purpose of the rally is to express solidarity with the far right-wing 'buycott' Arizona campaign, that is, to support SB 1070 and other racist proposals that are coming out of that state.

Keynote speaker Rosanna Pulido is chair of the Illinois Minutemen Project and supports a "war of attrition" against undocumented immigrants . After the rally the tea-baggers and minutemensos will march to Stone Cold Creamery in Downtown Naperville (23 W Jefferson Ave) to purchase a "scoop in support" of the Scottsdale-based corporation.

Join Immigrant Solidarity Dupage along with allies and special guests from Aurora and Chicago as we energetically counter-protest this action en masse in downtown Naperville. We stand for the suspension of Arizona's SB 1070 and the ethnic studies targeting HB 2281 initiatives and call on the City of Naperville to immediately boycott the state of Arizona for their racist, Latino-targeting policy.

Testified in front of a congressional subcommittee in May 2007: "In Chicago, Ill., where I live, the city is under siege by illegal aliens who speak Spanish, use public services and take jobs away from citizens".

The lady you refer to - and the people who support Arizona's new laws - are not "anti-immigrant". They welcome legal immigrants. It's illegal immigrants and illegal aliens in general whose presence they oppose.

It is interesting that you oppose someone by spreading lies about them. Why can't you publish the truth? What other lies are on here? Why should I believe anything else you publish about her or the groups involved?

It's also kind of interesting that the home page of "Immigrant Solidarity DuPage" shows the flags of Mexico and other Latin American countries as well as that of Puerto Rico. Apparently they know so little about the United States in general or Puerto Rico in general that they don't realize that Puerto Ricans are American citizens and are not - cannot be - immigrants. Gives you real confidence on their understanding of immigration issues, doesn't it?

What is the ARA doing to protect Eastern European women who are smuggled into this country and worked as sex slaves? Don't you get that accepting undocumented workers in this country affects ALL ETHNICITIES? All we want is for the law to be upheld. Illegals of European heritage - ie Irish, Polish, & Ukrainian - must be deported along with people of Cetnral & South American heritage. It doesn't matter where their nation of origin is - an illegal is an illegal! Fill out the paperwork or seek refuge at the US embassy!

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1. We disrupt fascist and far right organizing and activity.

2. We don’t rely on the cops or courts to do our work for us. This
doesn’t mean we never go to court, but the cops uphold white supremacy
and the status quo. They attack us and everyone who resists oppression.
We must rely on ourselves to protect ourselves and stop the fascists.

3. We oppose all forms of oppression and exploitation. We intend to do
the hard work necessary to build a broad, strong movement of oppressed
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anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination
against the disabled, the oldest, the youngest, and the most oppressed
people. We support abortion rights and reproductive freedom. We want a
classless, free society. We intend to win!

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5. We not only support each other within the network, but we also
support people outside the network who we believe have similar aims or
principles. An attack against one is an attack against all.